editiadedimineata.ro: Polarization of thought: How this cognitive error feeds the denial of the climate crisis

Climate deniers continually find ways to dismiss research on global warming despite the overwhelming evidence. An examination of the arguments made by climate change deniers reveals a cognitive error known as black-and-white thinking, dichotomous thinking, or all-or-nothing thinking, writes The Conversation.

In many areas of life, dichotomous thinking has a useful function, that of simplifying the surrounding world to make it easier to understand.

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